Michael thinks Ojutai’s Command might be a four-of! (Patrick warms up to Ojutai’s Command, at least a little bit.) The two points of life loss tacked onto Self-Inflicted Wound can be surprisingly helpful for control decks set up too deal 18 (rather than 20) damage. … And of course, if you aren’t forced to spend your mana, you can always Anticipate! Three mana will no longer be a fundamental underpinning of Standard.ĭitto on even more flexible removal like Radiant Purge or the returning Ultimate Price. Patrick Chapin and Michael J Flores go over Anticipate and a host of other “control” cards from the upcoming Magic: The Gathering set, Dragons of Tarkir!Įncase in Ice and Surge of Righteousness are new two mana plays that can help change the pace of threat-and-answer fights in Standard. You can leave your mana open for a Bile Blight, Disdainful Stroke, Negate, or what have you… But if the opponent doesn’t force you to pull the trigger, Anticipate gives you something meaningful to do with your two open mana.

It’s your choice: You can either have a blue envelope or an invite to the Pro Tour.”Īnd in now-typical Top Level Podcast fashion, Michael and Patrick put together an all-new all-different build of Mono-Blue Five-color Dragons… Hopefully preserving the good matchups (Esper and Mono-Red) while getting better and more aware of Abzan Aggro and Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver.įind out why Dragonlord Kolaghan made it into the list, how the boys got there, plus some live tweeting from Kenji Tsumura (!!!) in “How to Win a PTQ with Dragonlord Dromoka”.Īnticipate from Dragons of Tarkir might only be three-fourths of an Impulse… But man is it hot anyway.īecause there is currently a shortage of great two mana plays for control, Anticipate is poised to be great. The sad thing is… The blue envelope was just a stack of white papers! Which is the best dragon? What are the proper play sequences? Why are there so many one- and three-ofs?Īnyway, Mike ended up with “the blue envelope”.

In this episode of Top Level Podcast Utah RPTQ winner Mike Flores joins Pro Tour Champion Patrick Chapin to talk about their Five-color Dragons deck.

“If you’re the guy with the best technology, you’re rewarded by the Magic gods.”Īnd last week at least… Mike was the one with the best technology!įor anyone who missed it, Mike won the Salt Lake City RPTQ with a “crazy” Mono-Blue Five-color Dragons list that was born on this here podcast just a couple of weeks ago. If you are expecting Esper or the mirror, you need to lay the foundation with Dragonlord Dromoka

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